MA Photographt student, Nishant Shukla exhibits at The Photographers Gallery

Nishant Shukla, part time student on the MA in Photography at TVU London, exhibits his project 'Himsagar Express' at The Photographers Gallery in freshfacedandwildeyed09.

“This series of prints by Nishant Shukla are portraits of travellers on the Himsagar Express – a three-day journey from the foothills of the Himalayas to Kanyakumari on the southern tip of India. The frontality of these images presents an honest exchange of views mediated by the camera. Nothing is hidden and there seems to be a mutual trust which dignifies the subject. There is in this work a studied avoidance of the sentimental or repressive gaze. Shukla modernises colonialist photography and invests it with a sympathetic and quiet restraint. The idea of a shared journey is what these pictures convey.” Peter Smith, 2009

freshfacedandwildeyed09 is the second in The Photographers Gallery annual exhibition open to recent graduates, featuring some of the most dynamic new photography from across the UK.

The chosen artists are exhibiting both online and at The Photographers' Gallery between 24 June - 05 July 09.